Hi all. All of the replies are well said - informative and good suggestions. I took Lithium for almost a year back in 2004. It helped very much/stabilized me very well! It did effect my thyroid so I had to go on Synthroid, of which, I still need. The only side effects that I noticed were the hand tremors.

I started Lithium again in Nov, 2013 and have had many/toxic side effects. I am still on it but have gone from 900mg to 450mg a day. No side effects now but pdoc is going to add a low dosed anti-convulsant next wk.

There are a lot of very good research articles on lithium on the internet. Good luck!!!